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smartmontools has been installed

To check the status of drives, use the following:

    ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a ad0      for first ATA drive
    ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartctl -a da0      for first SCSI drive

To enable monitor of drives, you can use ${PREFIX}/sbin/smartd
A sample configuration file has been installed as ${PREFIX}/etc/smartd.conf.sample
Copy this file to ${PREFIX}/etc/smartd.conf and edit appropriately

To have smartd start at boot
    echo 'smartd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf